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Getting started
To work out which courses to enrol in, you will need to find your program on our Degrees page.
After you have located your program, you will see your:
Program Handbook, which details the rules and structure of your program, and includes a list of all majors, minors, and courses offered in the program and their availability
Program Planner, which details the structure of your program and provides you with a recommended enrolment plan. We recommend you use this to help record your progress and ensure you stay on-track to meet the requirements for your degree.
You can log in to Program Planner via myUni or it is also accessible from the Program Handbook.
Course types
Programs usually have courses you must complete as part of your degree or major, as well as elective courses. The amount of flexibility you have will depend on your program.
Core course - A program-level compulsory course (i.e. you must do this course as part of your program)
Compulsory course – a compulsory course for your major, minor, or specialisation
Directed course - a course chosen from a list of program, major, or minor courses
Elective – a course that can be chosen from all courses available at the University of Newcastle that do not have any other conditions (such as a program requisite*) applied to them
* A requisite (or prerequisite) is a criteria that must be met to enrol in a course. Learn more here.
Credit
Have you studied before? You may be eligible for credit or recognition of prior learning. Check out our dedicated Credit page for more information.
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